Nagoya Grampus striker Kengo Kawamata stated his case to new Japan coach Vahid Halilhodzic with a brace in a 3-1 win against Kawasaki Frontale in the Nabisco Cup on Wednesday. Under the gaze of Halilhodzic who was among the crowd at new-look Todoroki Stadium, ...

Naoki Wako’s stoppage-time header gave Kashiwa Reysol a nail-biting 2-1 win over Shandong Luneng in Group E of the Asian Champions League on Tuesday. Kosuke Taketomi opened the scoring for Kashiwa midway through the first half before Walter Montillo restored parity shortly after the ...

Captain Yuki Abe slammed home an 83rd-minute piledriver to give Urawa Reds maximum points from their opening two games of the J. League season with a 1-0 win over Montedio Yamagata on Saturday. Reds, who blew a five-point lead with three games remaining to ...

Daisuke Suzuki grabbed a last-ditch equalizer to rescue a point for Kashiwa Reysol in a 1-1 draw at home to 10-man Vegalta Sendai in the J. League first division on Friday night. Defender Hirofumi Watanabe looked to have sealed victory for the visitors on ...

Genki Omae struck in each half as Shimizu S-Pulse defeated Kashima Antlers 3-1 to open their J. League season with a victory on Sunday. Captain and former Antler Takuya Honda netted the decisive second for Katsumi Oenoki’s side, which barely survived relegation last season ...

J. League Frontale 3 Marinos 1 Kawasaki Frontale turned on the style to open the new J. League season with a 3-1 win over local rivals Yokohama F. Marinos on Saturday. New Brazilian signing Elsinho gave Frontale the lead after just three minutes in ...

Former Japan striker Teruaki Kurobe announced his retirement on his official website on Friday, his 37th birthday. “I have had the support of many different people over 15 years as a pro and all I can say is that I am grateful to the ...

Ex-Algeria coach Vahid Halilhodzic has agreed to manage Japan, Japan Football Association president Kuniya Daini said Wednesday. Speaking at the CONMEBOL (South American football confederation) Congress in Asuncion, Daini said Halilhodzic and the JFA have reached agreement on the basic parameters of a deal ...

Gamba Osaka surpassed all expectations by winning the treble last season, but manager Kenta Hasegawa believes there is still room for improvement in 2015. Gamba returned to the top flight last year after a season in the second division, but their stay among the ...

Norihiro Yamagishi is happy to keep talking about the goal he scored to put Montedio Yamagata into last season’s J. League promotion playoff final, but the goalkeeper would rather discuss what his team can achieve in its return to the first division. Yamagishi produced ...